French President Emmanuel Macron visited firefighters battling twin blazes near Bordeaux as Europe counted the cost of a record heatwave, and climate change protesters pointed to the sizzling weather as a wake up call for the continent.
Visiting the site of two major fires in the south-west of France - La Teste-de-Buch, on the Arcachon basin, and Landiras, 40 km south of Bordeaux - Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to all those mobilised against the fires.
